Not the same party, part 2

In a recent letter to the editor, the writer said today's Democratic Party isn't her grandparents' old party. Well, neither is the GOP.

Today's Grand Old Party has been blinded by the sun reflecting off the piles of money being stacked in front of it by the likes of the Kochs and the Adelsons. It has been bopped over the head by the big stick wielded by some special interest groups.

Until a few years ago I counted myself as a true and loyal Republican. But then the party took such a hard right turn I almost got whiplash.

The party no longer has empathy or sympathy for women, the middle class or the poor.

Since I don't own any oil wells or casinos or car elevators, I'll take my chances with a party that hasn't sold its soul to the billionaires.

And to the letter writer, according to two dictionaries and the Ball State political science department, fascism is a function of conservative government, not a liberal one. So you can be one or the other, but probably not both.

ADVERTISEMENT

ADVERTISEMENT

ADVERTISEMENT

Email this article

Not the same party, part 2

In a recent letter to the editor, the writer said today's Democratic Party isn't her grandparents' old party. Well, neither is the GOP.